% podman-inspect(1)

NAME¶

podman-inspect - Display a container, image, volume, network, or pod’s configuration

SYNOPSIS¶

podman inspect [options] name […]

DESCRIPTION¶

This displays the low-level information on containers and images identified by name or ID. By default, this will render all results in a JSON array. If the inspect type is all, the order of inspection is: containers, images, volumes, network, pods. So, if a container has the same name as an image, then the container JSON will be returned, and so on. If a format is specified, the given template will be executed for each result.

For more inspection options, see:

  podman container inspect
  podman image inspect
  podman network inspect
  podman pod inspect
  podman volume inspect

OPTIONS¶

–type, -t=type¶

Return JSON for the specified type. Type can be ‘container’, ‘image’, ‘volume’, ‘network’, ‘pod’, or ‘all’ (default: all) (Only meaningful when invoked as podman inspect)

–format, -f=format¶

Format the output using the given Go template. The keys of the returned JSON can be used as the values for the –format flag (see examples below).

–latest, -l¶

Instead of providing the container name or ID, use the last created container. If you use methods other than Podman to run containers such as CRI-O, the last started container could be from either of those methods.

This option can be used to inspect the latest pod created when used with –type pod

The latest option is not supported on the remote client or when invoked as podman image inspect.

–size, -s¶

In addition to normal output, display the total file size if the type is a container.

EXAMPLE¶

# podman inspect fedora
[
    {
        "Id": "f0858ad3febdf45bb2e5501cb459affffacef081f79eaa436085c3b6d9bd46ca",
        "Digest": "sha256:d4f7df6b691d61af6cee7328f82f1d8afdef63bc38f58516858ae3045083924a",
        "RepoTags": [
            "docker.io/library/fedora:latest"
        ],
        "RepoDigests": [
            "docker.io/library/fedora@sha256:8fa60b88e2a7eac8460b9c0104b877f1aa0cea7fbc03c701b7e545dacccfb433",
            "docker.io/library/fedora@sha256:d4f7df6b691d61af6cee7328f82f1d8afdef63bc38f58516858ae3045083924a"
        ],
        "Parent": "",
        "Comment": "",
        "Created": "2019-10-29T03:23:37.695123423Z",
        "Config": {
            "Env": [
                "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin",
                "DISTTAG=f31-updates-candidatecontainer",
                "FGC=f31-updates-candidate",
                "FBR=f31-updates-candidate"
            ],
            "Cmd": [
                "/bin/bash"
            ],
            "Labels": {
                "maintainer": "Clement Verna \u003ccverna@fedoraproject.org\u003e"
            }
        },
        "Version": "18.06.1-ce",
        "Author": "",
        "Architecture": "amd64",
        "Os": "linux",
        "Size": 201096840,
        "VirtualSize": 201096840,
        "GraphDriver": {
            "Name": "overlay",
            "Data": {
                "UpperDir": "/home/user/.local/share/containers/storage/overlay/2ae3cee18c8ef9e0d448649747dab81c4f1ca2714a8c4550eff49574cab262c9/diff",
                "WorkDir": "/home/user/.local/share/containers/storage/overlay/2ae3cee18c8ef9e0d448649747dab81c4f1ca2714a8c4550eff49574cab262c9/work"
            }
        },
        "RootFS": {
            "Type": "layers",
            "Layers": [
                "sha256:2ae3cee18c8ef9e0d448649747dab81c4f1ca2714a8c4550eff49574cab262c9"
            ]
        },
        "Labels": {
            "maintainer": "Clement Verna \u003ccverna@fedoraproject.org\u003e"
        },
        "Annotations": {},
        "ManifestType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
        "User": "",
        "History": [
            {
                "created": "2019-01-16T21:21:55.569693599Z",
                "created_by": "/bin/sh -c #(nop)  LABEL maintainer=Clement Verna \u003ccverna@fedoraproject.org\u003e",
                "empty_layer": true
            },
            {
                "created": "2019-09-27T21:21:07.784469821Z",
                "created_by": "/bin/sh -c #(nop)  ENV DISTTAG=f31-updates-candidatecontainer FGC=f31-updates-candidate FBR=f31-updates-candidate",
                "empty_layer": true
            },
            {
                "created": "2019-10-29T03:23:37.355187998Z",
                "created_by": "/bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD file:298f828afc880ccde9205fc4418435d5e696ad165e283f0530d0b1a74326d6dc in / "
            },
            {
                "created": "2019-10-29T03:23:37.695123423Z",
                "created_by": "/bin/sh -c #(nop)  CMD [\"/bin/bash\"]",
                "empty_layer": true
            }
        ],
        "NamesHistory": []
    }
]

# podman inspect a04 --format "{{.ImageName}}"
fedora

# podman inspect a04 --format "{{.GraphDriver.Name}}"
overlay

# podman image inspect --format "size: {{.Size}}" alpine
size:   4405240

podman container inspect --latest --format {{.EffectiveCaps}}
[CAP_CHOWN CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_FSETID CAP_FOWNER CAP_MKNOD CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID CAP_SETFCAP CAP_SETPCAP CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_SYS_CHROOT CAP_KILL CAP_AUDIT_WRITE]

# podman inspect myPod --type pod --format "{{.Name}}"
myPod

# podman inspect myVolume --type volume --format "{{.Name}}"
myVolume

# podman inspect nyNetwork --type network --format "{{.name}}"
myNetwork

HISTORY¶

July 2017, Originally compiled by Dan Walsh dwalsh@redhat.com